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Divest Harvard 'Heat Week': Monday

By Varnel L Antoine, Alexander L. Jaffe, Alana M Steinberg, and Jennifer Y Yao

April 14, 2015

Interviewing Divest - Morgan Robinson, a filmmaker hired by 350.org, interviews Rory Stewart, a Harvard School of Public Health student, during a blockade of Massachusetts Hall. Protesters held a kickoff rally Monday morning as part of "Harvard Heat Week." By Alexander L. Jaffe

Mass Hall - Protesters hang a banner from the upper floors of Massachusetts Hall. They held a kickoff rally Monday morning as part of "Harvard Heat Week." By Alexander L. Jaffe

Alumni for Divest - Donald M. Hooper ’68 and C. “Al” Boright '68, President of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Vermont, hold a banner calling for University divestment from fossil fuels. Hooper and Boright took part in a rally held Monday morning as part of "Harvard Heat Week." By Courtesy of Alexander L. Jaffe

'Heat Week' Rally - A protester attends a rally held Monday morning as part of "Harvard Heat Week." By Alexander L. Jaffe

Senator Tim E. Wirth on Divestment - Former Colorado Sen. Timothy E. Wirth ’61 calls for open conversation on divestment on Harvard campus. Wirth spoke Monday morning at a rally in front of Massachusetts Hall held as part of "Harvard Heat Week." By Alexander L. Jaffe

Divest Harvard 'Heat Week' - Activists of "Harvard Heat Week" put up a poster on the side of Massachusetts Hall on Monday morning. By Jennifer Y Yao

Divest in the Yard - Sima Atri, a Harvard Law School student, writes "DIVEST” in chalk in Harvard Yard on Monday morning. By Jennifer Y Yao

Divesting Debrief - Several protesters have a debrief after University President Drew G. Faust held a climate panel on the same day that Divest Harvard kicks off “Harvard Heat Week.” By Varnel L Antoine

HUPD at Divest 'Heat Week' - HUPD officers greet each other as they change shifts on Monday morning outside of Massachusetts Hall where "Harvard Heat Week" activists had been sleeping. By Jennifer Y Yao

Dean Khurana and HUPD at Divest 'Heat Week' - Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana converses with a HUPD officer on Monday morning outside of Massachusetts Hall. By Jennifer Y Yao

Waking Up to Divest - Activists of “Harvard Heat Week” wake up and begin conversations after their first night outside of Massachusetts Hall on Monday morning. By Jennifer Y Yao

Divest Poster Hanging - Activists of “Harvard Heat Week” begin the day by hanging orange and black posters outside of Massachusetts Hall on Monday morning. By Jennifer Y Yao

Divest Harvard 'Heat Week': Monday (Day 2)

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